I understand the slight suspicion, however as rojo said she was cleared to a point of only actually having one whereabouts issue, which is way more common than you people seem to think. It was not a “loophole”, at least for the 3rd one I am very sure she was at a college hangout with around 10 other people, none of whom heard the doorbell and she was able to clear herself with multiple witness statements and location services showing she was there the entire time.
If people are not even prepared to give the benefit of the doubt then I wonder what the point of this system is in the first place. Are you seriously saying that the AIU never makes a mistake, ever?
What I'm saying is that it's disappointing that she is America's sweetheart, when Tori Bowie was thrown to the wolves. Ask yourself why that is?
Oh, I got this:
1) Overall, America prefers hot white women.
2) #2 is hot minorities.
3) If you're not #1 or #2, you're no better than #3.
I understand the slight suspicion, however as rojo said she was cleared to a point of only actually having one whereabouts issue, which is way more common than you people seem to think. It was not a “loophole”, at least for the 3rd one I am very sure she was at a college hangout with around 10 other people, none of whom heard the doorbell and she was able to clear herself with multiple witness statements and location services showing she was there the entire time.
If people are not even prepared to give the benefit of the doubt then I wonder what the point of this system is in the first place. Are you seriously saying that the AIU never makes a mistake, ever?
What I'm saying is that it's disappointing that she is America's sweetheart, when Tori Bowie was thrown to the wolves. Ask yourself why that is?
It must somehow be, as everything is, connected to systemic racism or white supremacy.
Or, from me! I had the same thoughts during the interviews yesterday (NY Randall Island meet). She reminds me of Marion Jones...always smiling but we all know what's up.
The comments here would be laughable if they weren’t so pitifully sad. Pontifications from people who have never put their name on a single form from UKAD, USADA or any other anti-doping organisation.
Gabby Thomas is legitimate and anyone who knows anything about professional athletics knows it. On the subject of whereabouts and missed tests, every athletes misses one. Every one. There’s not one athlete in the testing pool who hasn’t had at minimum one missed out of competition test in their career. Try as hard as you can, it happens. The anti-doping agencies don’t care how lovely Thomas or anyone else is. The days of giving a star a pass have gone.
I believe, after the last several years as evidence, we should be suspicious of everything. If it is not clear to you by now that who you are determines how you're treated, you're living in a bubble. You should get out more often.
She gets a pass because she isn’t an A-hole. Her smiling and being polite goes a long way with most people. Young athletes should take note. But we all know that 21.6 was done on the sauce though.
ya know...there is a lot of truth to that. Esp since she is not in violation currently. Be a defensive a hole, ya get more sus.
The comments here would be laughable if they weren’t so pitifully sad. Pontifications from people who have never put their name on a single form from UKAD, USADA or any other anti-doping organisation.
Gabby Thomas is legitimate and anyone who knows anything about professional athletics knows it. On the subject of whereabouts and missed tests, every athletes misses one. Every one. There’s not one athlete in the testing pool who hasn’t had at minimum one missed out of competition test in their career. Try as hard as you can, it happens. The anti-doping agencies don’t care how lovely Thomas or anyone else is. The days of giving a star a pass have gone.
I believe, after the last several years as evidence, we should be suspicious of everything. If it is not clear to you by now that who you are determines how you're treated, you're living in a bubble. You should get out more often.
I disagree, as far as doping controls go. In the past there were free passes given. Samples were swapped out, advance notice was given, and so on. But those days have gone. Please tell me if your experience differs.
Reddevil with his usual racist rhetoric. You’re a focking toolbox that really is due for getting an ass kicking.
She has a degree in neurobiology & public health and an MPH degree from Texas. She’s smarter than you could ever hope to be. Not that it matters, because you have shown yourself to continually be a chucklehead.
Additionally, you may want to educate yourself on what the Ivy AI is before showing how ignorant you are again.
- How do you know her SAT scores? - How does this differ from 98% of the other universities in the country where if you have something to offer them elsewhere you have an advantage? - She graduated with a good degree and went on to do a Masters whilst being a pro athlete, clearly doing more with her life than people like you who sit and complain more than the supposed students who are not getting in because of her!
She has a degree in neurobiology & public health and an MPH degree from Texas. She’s smarter than you could ever hope to be.
Her degrees from Harvard are neurobiology & public health. Her master's degree from Texas is actually in epidemiology, not an MPH.
But, yeah, I agree about Reddevil. If you look up "obtuse" in Webster's not only is there a picture of an angle that is > 90°, there is also a picture of Reddevil.
Because she's hot and track is full of cheaters anyways, most who get away with it including Gabby who used the missed test loophole to avoid a potential failed test.
I would agree. Her NB shorts are good enough for me to ignore the other drama.
To Rojo, we are not a nation of laws and policies, we never have been and never will be. We are a nation of political will. Always have been and always will be. You've obviously drank the Kool-aid.
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Because 2 of her 3 whereabouts failures weren't her fault. New Haven has always been a ghetto dump and no collector wants to knock on the door of a random house in the hood.
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